Glory for the home side, the away team with a heroic away win or a score draw? Anything can happen when the mid-table inhabitants Independiente Medellín and Atlético Bucaramanga meet at Estadio Atanasio Girardot.
- Independiente Medellín have not yet lost a game at home.
- Atlético Bucaramanga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This football pitch has grass, which is not Atlético Bucaramanga's familiar surface at their own pitch. When appearing on grass Atlético Bucaramanga have performed like this: Played 48 matches with the outcome 12 wins, 17 draws and 19 defeats with the goal stats 36-60 (scored/conceded).
Independiente Medellín form and stats
Independiente Medellín have played 9 Liga BetPlay games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-6-0 (wins-draws-losses). The Independiente Medellín fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estadio Atanasio Girardot and will expect new points from this game. Independiente Medellín has played 14 games in a row here without a defeat.
In their previous game, the manager D. Montoya led his Independiente to a defeat in the Liga BetPlay match away at Deportes Quindio. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Atanasio Girardot. Midfield player Javier Reina got a match rating of 7.73 in that game, the max score being 10. Reina hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Ahead of that match, Independiente won a home game hosting Once Caldas (3-1).Independiente are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Independiente Medellín have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Atlético Bucaramanga form and stats
There's been little loot from Atlético Bucaramanga's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Liga BetPlay. Atlético Bucaramanga only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws.
Álvaro Meléndez and Alejandro Gabriel Quintana scored in Atlético Bucaramanga's previous match, the home game against America de Cali that ended 2-1. Midfield player Michel Acosta was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.42/10.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Rionegro Águilas's place.The attacking power of Bucaramanga when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Bucaramanga have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The previous head-to-head encounter ended Atlético Bucaramanga - Independiente 0-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Independiente victories, two draws and two Atlético Bucaramanga wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Vuletich 8 goals |  B. Fernández Garcés 8 goals | A. Quintana 7 goals |
Independiente Medellín missing players
Atlético Bucaramanga missing players
| Independiente Medellín | Atlético Bucaramanga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 13 | 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 25 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 39 |
| 23 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 35 |
| 76% | 71% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 86% | 90% |
| 52% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 79% | 72% |
| 24% | 29% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 43% | 41% |
| 14% | 21% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 17% |
| 38% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 57% | 55% |
| 45% | 50% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 21% | 24% |
| 41% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | 31% |
| 4.3 | 4.9 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5.4 | 6.7 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 5 | 5.8 |
| 2.8 | 3.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| 31% | 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 37% | 37% |
- Atlético Bucaramanga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Independiente Medellín have not yet lost a game at home.
- Independiente Medellín have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Nacional | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | Santa Fe | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Millonarios | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | Deportivo Cali | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Deportes Tolima | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | La Equidad | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Junior | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | America de Cali | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 29 |
| 9 | Independiente Medellín | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Deportivo Pasto | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Boyaca Chico | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Deportivo Pereira | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | Once Caldas | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 16 | Envigado | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -8 | 17 |
| 17 | Patriotas Boyacá | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -14 | 17 |
| 18 | Rionegro Águilas | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -11 | 14 |
| 19 | Alianza Petrolera | 18 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -29 | 6 |